At Franklin Templeton, we’re advancing our industry forward by developing new and innovative ways to help our clients achieve their investment goals. Our dynamic and diversified firm spans asset management, wealth management, and fintech, offering many ways to help investors make progress toward their goals. Our talented teams working around the globe bring expertise that’s both broad and unique. From our welcoming, inclusive, and flexible culture to our global and diverse business, we provide opportunities to help you reach your potential while helping our clients reach theirs.
Come join us in delivering better outcomes for our clients around the world!
At Franklin Templeton, everything we do is focused on one thing – delivering better client outcomes. We do that by partnering closely with our clients, assessing their strategic needs, and identifying the solution or solutions that can meet the challenge. Over 12,000 employees working in 34 countries around the world are dedicated to servicing investment solutions for our clients in more than 160 countries. For more than 75 years our success has been a direct result of the talent, skills and persistence of our people, and we are looking for a Technology Risk and Controls Oversight Manager to join our Technology Oversight team in
Edinburgh.
What is the Technology Oversight team responsible for?
The Technology Oversight team is a growing global team which is part of Franklin Templeton Technology (FTT), with team members in Poland, Luxembourg, India and the United States.
This team has a responsibility to ensure that all regulatory requirements are identified and implemented within the technology space with concentration on specific jurisdictions such as Luxembourg and the United Kingdom.
Data Protection and Outsourcing regulatory requirements bring an additional layer of oversight and scrutiny in Technology related outsourcing engagements.
What are the ongoing responsibilities of a Technology Risk and Controls Oversight Manager?
A Successful Candidate Will Be Responsible For The Following
- Understanding, interpreting, and implementing oversight framework for technology which is in line with the UK regulatory expectations.
- Maintaining technology oversight framework and prepare relevant reports for the UK boards (+ fund boards).
- Stay proactive and alert to any new regulatory changes (UK and World).
- Communicate any regulatory changes around Information Technology to relevant stakeholders and prepare plans for implementation.
- Be Information Technology representative during any relevant regulatory inspections.
Globally
- Participate and advise in any global control implementation and improvements.
- Work with internal and external auditors as a liaison for the business.
- Participate and advise in any global regulatory implementations.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with all key stakeholders.
What qualifications, skills and experience would help someone to be successful?
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
- At least 5-7 years’ experience in technology audit, technology compliance or other regulatory technology role (within financial services a plus)
- Must possess strong knowledge of current UK technology regulatory requirements.
- Must possess good documentation skills (policies, KPIs, SLAs etc.)
- Experience working in team-orientated, collaborative environment with teams spread across multiple locations across multiple time zones.
- This role does not have headcount responsibility so no formal managerial experience is required.
- Self-motivated, directed and with keep attention to detail.
- Professional Level knowledge of spoken and written English language is required.
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills as well as strong logical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Reputation for exhibiting core FTT mindset: Strategic, Outcome Oriented, Empowered, Growth Minded and Accountable.
What makes Franklin Templeton unique?
In addition to the dynamic and professional environment at Franklin Templeton, we strive to ensure that our employees have access to a competitive and valuable set of Total Rewards—the mix of both monetary and non-monetary rewards provided to you in recognition for your time, talents, efforts, and results.
Highlights of our benefits include - contributory pension scheme, private healthcare plan, PHI, life insurance, Employee Stock Investment Program, incentive plans, purchase of company funds with no sales charge, educational reimbursement and on-site training.
We believe that being a good corporate citizen is good business. To us, corporate citizenship means being accountable, serving our clients, being an employer of choice, managing our environmental impact, and supporting our communities. An emphasis on corporate citizenship is embedded in our culture and values, and is an important element of how we achieve success.
We are also committed to your learning and development with resources focused around
Experience, Exposure, and Education, to help you achieve your professional development goals. Take some time to, meet some of our people, and see what it means to say, “I AM Franklin Templeton.”
Franklin Templeton values diversity in its workforce and welcomes employees from different backgrounds, generations, capabilities, cultural identification, sexual orientations, and gender expression, in addition to other attributes that contribute to a truly diverse and inclusive community. As part of this in the UK we are registered as a Disability Confident Committed Employer, this means we ask if you would consider yourself as having a disability as part of your application so that we can support and make the most of your talents.
If you have a flexible working arrangement within your current role – or are seeking a flexible working pattern - please let us know so we can consider this during the hiring process. Applications from Returners – individuals who have taken a period of time out of work - are also encouraged. This is part of our commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment.
Experience our welcoming culture and reach your professional and personal potential!
Building teams with diverse skills, backgrounds, and experiences has always been important to us. Cultivating an inclusive culture where employees feel safe to share their voices is not only beneficial for our people, but also drives innovation and enables us to deliver better client outcomes. So, no matter your interests, lifestyle, or background, there’s a place for you at Franklin Templeton. We will provide you with tools, resources, and learning opportunities to help you excel in your career and personal life.
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We want our employees to be at their best. By joining us, you will connect with a culture that focuses on employee well-being and provides multidimensional support for a positive and healthy lifestyle. We understand that benefits are at the core of employee well-being and may vary depending on individual needs. Whether you need support for staying physically and mentally healthy, saving for life's adventures, taking care of your family members, or making a positive impact in your community, we aim to have you covered.
Learn more about the wide range of benefits we offer at Franklin Templeton
Franklin Templeton is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and existing employees, and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to ancestry, age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, or gender expression, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law, ordinance, or regulation.
As part of our commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment, we welcome applicants with flexible working arrangements in their current roles or those seeking a flexible working pattern. We encourage you to communicate any preferences for flexible working so that we can consider this during our hiring process. Additionally, returners – individuals who have taken a break from work – are also encouraged to explore our job opportunities.
As a registered UK Disability Confident Committed Employer, we encourage you to disclose if you consider yourself to have a disability as part of your application. This information enables us to provide the necessary support and leverage your unique talents effectively.
If you believe that you need an accommodation or adjustment to search for or apply for one of our positions, please send an email to
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